Jake Dixon backed for Pramac Yamaha ahead of less-suited Moto2 rival

Jake Dixon's "riding 🅰style would beꦓ good on a Yamaha"

Jake Dixon
Jake Dixon

Jake Dixon’s suitability for the Yamaha has seen him touted for the new Pramac proje💞c⛄t by some inside the paddock.

Dixon delivered a sensational home victory in the Moto2 race at last weekend’s B𓄧r🔜itish Grand Prix.

But while he doesn’t have a clear route into MotoG⛎P, Moto2 rival Tony Arbolino is in the mix for a step up with Pramac Yamaha, according to Sky Italia.

“It’s a possibility,” Sylvai💙n Guintoli reacted to TNT Sports.

“He had a difficult start to the season but it’s getti𒁏ng better now. He’s not an obvious choice.

“Miguel Oliveira, in my opinion, is a great choꦅice. He’s an interesting rider and, for them, would make a lot of sense.

“If they go for a young♏er rider,💜 it’s a bit surprising.

“There are other guy𒅌s out t🦄here who you’d be thinking of.”

Guintoli said before Dixon’s emphatic home victory: “His 💃ridi𝔍ng style would be good on a Yamaha.

“I remember when Fabio Quartararo came up to MotoGP. People were thinkꦯing t💛hat he hadn’t dominated in Moto2. But the riding style…

“The riding style of Dixon [could help] Yamaha.”

Dixon said at Silverstone about his MotoGP hopes: “💛I started racing when I was 14-years-old and how many other people in the Grand Prix paddock started when they were 14?

"So, Iꩲ’m naturally going to be a li𝕴ttle bit older when I come to Grand Prix.

“I wish I could be going to MotoGP, but everything happens for a reason: if I’m meant to go, I’m meant to go one day, if not, so be it, I’m here to try to win a world title, I’ve🍰 always dreamt of being a world champion and I’ll always try to do that.”

Howeve🤪r, Alonso Lopez is another Moto2 starlet with a chance at the Prama🉐c Yamaha seat.

"Who knows,” Yamaha boss Liꦇn Jarvis said abo⛎ut Lopez to .

“We said a couple🍸 of years ago that he is a rider we are interested in.

“We are following his car🌄eer, when the right time comes for him to move up to the premier class we can think about it.”

Guintoli reacted: “They need someone with no experience [of a MotoGP b🦄ike].

“That can be good. Like Pedro Acosta this season. He went onto his bike w💎ith no experience of MotoGP, so it was normal. He d🔯idn’t know it before with no aero, with a different engine.

“They need somebody like tha𝔉t. It’s a tough choice though. Somebody like Lopez…”

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